UW System Annual Notice of Report of Outside Activities
(Code of Ethics) Guidelines for Reporting Outside Activities Under UWS 8.025
and Regent Policy Document 20-22
The UW System code of ethics policy has been created under the directive of Wis. Stat. § 19.45(11)(b), for the guidance of all UW System employees, to avoid activities which cause, or tend to cause, conflicts between their personal interests and their public responsibilities, and to improve standards of public service.
Faculty, academic staff, and limited appointees (other than state public officials) are subject to Chapter UWS 8 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code, Please consult Ch. UWS 8, Wisconsin Administrative Code and SYS 1290.
University Staff are subject to the University Staff Code of Ethics. Effective July 1, 2015, university staff are subject to a code that is set forth in Section III of RPD 20-22. The University Staff Code of Ethics was closely modeled after Wisconsin Administrative Code, Chapter ER-MRS 24, the Code of Ethics for classified state employees. University staff do not have to fill out the Faculty/Limited/and Academic Staff OAR form.
The UW Oshkosh Ethics Code Committee membership with contacts information on ethics issues can be found under University Committees at the UWO Faculty Senate Website at https://uwosh.edu/facultysenate/membership/committees/. Employees may contact either the Faculty Senate President or the Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty and Academic Staff Affairs for initiating ethics committee reviews. The committee meets on an ad-hoc basis.
Related Regent Policies and Applicable Laws
- Wis. Stat. § 19.41, et seq., Code of Ethics for Public Officials and Employees
- Wis. Stat. § 36.23, Conflict of Interest
- Chapter UWS 8, Wis. Admin. Code, Code of Ethics
- RPD 13-4, University of Wisconsin System Policy on Institutional and Employee Relationships with Educational Loan Lenders
- RPD 20-7, Outside Activity Reporting
- RPD 25-3, Acceptable Use of Information Technology Resources
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services requirements on reporting conflicts of interest.
- Office of Research Integrity, Public Health Service, Federal Reg 42cfr50
- National Science Foundation, Grant Policy Manual, Section 510
Associated Documents
- UW System Guidelines for Reporting Outside Activities 8.025
- 2020 UWS Outside Activities Report Form
- 2020 Communication Plan and Escalation Schedule
- 2021 Correspondence from UW System
- Instructions for filling out the Outside Activities Report Form
- Regent Policy Document 20-22
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